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India Will Finally Unveil The World’s Largest Statute TODAY

After Years of Hullabaloo, India reveals Something Big

PrintTharayil Aishwarya Gopinath

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The statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel built by Larsen & Toubro, which is considered to be the largest statue in the entire world, will be inaugurated today by the Prime Minister of India - Narendra Modi- on the account of Vallabhbhai’s 143rd birthday. Located in the Western state of Gujarat on an island along the Naramada River, the statue symbolises India’s struggle against the British rule.

In fact, this statue aka the ‘Statue of Unity’ beat China’s Spring Temple Buddha by 112 meters, making it the world’s largest and tallest statue. Building the statue required 18,000 tons of steel and 1,700 tons of bronze to beat the best with an estimated cost of $430 million. Narendra Modi has always wanted to build a statute to recognize the unconditional efforts by Patel during the British Rule. And it has finally come into being after one helluva mess – the money distribution for the construction from the taxpayers, the displacement of tribal community, unhappy farmers, ecological consequences etc.

Despite all of that, Modi can finally inaugurate the statue and live in peace. But, the question is, at what cost? Development always comes with a cost and unfortunately, people refuse to pay attention to that.